Education:

• Ph.D. - Syracuse University
• MBA,MS - Syracuse University
• BS - Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Honors and Activities:

• Fellow, The Institute to Transform Undergraduate Education at the University of Delaware, 1997.
• Elected, Faculty Development Liaison for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Accounting Association, March 1997.
• Fellow, The Center For Advance Study, Instructional Improvement Project, University of Delaware, 1995-96.
• Department of Accounting Nominee for the College-Wide Excellence Award for Teaching. May 1995
• Coordinator of the Eritrean World-Wide Peace March, March 26, 1999, calling for the peaceful resolution of the border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
• Lobbying Chair of the Association of Eritrean Professionals and Academics for Development, 1998-99.
• AAA, Eritrean Accounting Association (EAA)
• Association of Eritrean Professionals and Academics for Development (AEPAD) AICPA, DECPA

Teaching Interests:

• Intermediate Accounting I & II (ACCT315 & 316)
• Auditing (ACCT 417)
• International Accounting (ACCT 383)
• Advanced Accounting (ACCT 415)
• Introduction to Financial Accounting (ACCT 207)

Recent Publications:

For recent presentations and publications, please refer to Professor Debessay's home page http://udel.edu/~debessay